Fear
The Lhasa riot on March 14; jobless rates climb as business slows in both domestic and foreign trade; the fear of mothers who have fed the contaminated milk powder to their babies...
The Lhasa riot on March 14; jobless rates climb as business slows in both domestic and foreign trade; the fear of mothers who have fed the contaminated milk powder to their babies...
ManSome children suffer kidney problems or even die after being fed with melamine-adulterated baby formula. Families of the victims have suffered both psychologically and financially.
WonanAn old woman wrapped in plastic sheet waits for rescue in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, on May 13. At 2.28 PM on May 12 a Richter Scale 8.0 earthquake pounded Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, killing at least 69,000 people.
WorkerWorkers line up to receive their social insurance premium. Hejun Toy Co. Ltd from Dongguan in Guangdong Province, the biggest toy manufacturer in China and the third biggest in world, declared itself bankrupt in October. More than 6,000 workers lost their jobs as a result of the collapse of the company.
arthquake babeEOn December 25, Li Yujiao and Li Yumei, twins from Pingwu County in northwest Sichuan Province who were orphaned by the earthquake on May 12 in Sichuan Province, arrive in Chengdu, where they will have a new family. Their mother was killed in the disaster and their father lost his sanity. Thousands of children were orphaned following the earthquake.
babe subwayNovember 18: Yu Yonghe, a farmer from Jiangxi Province, waits in vain for news of his relatives after three days at a construction site accident in Hangzhou. At least 17 people were killed after a section of a subway tunnel under construction collapsed in the suburbs of Hangzhou, China's Zhejiang Province, on November 15.
Little girlA primary school student injured in the earthquake receives treatment at People's Hospital in Liangping Town, Chongqing Municipality, at dawn on May 13, a day after the disaster. She was stricken with terror when she arrived in hospital. The earthquake caused heavy casualties and inflicted psychological trauma on numerous victims. Although the earthquake hit eight months ago, its impact on local children lingers.
GraduateFemale college graduates queue at the entrance to a job fair. About 6 million college students are expected to graduate next year, and they will face a huge job-hunting challenge as a result of the global financial crisis.
QingchuanThe earthquake struck a cultural museum in Qingchuan Town, Sichuan Province, at 2:30 p.m. on May 12.
subway"I will never work on a subway construction project again," says a survivor of an accident in Hangzhou. On Nov 15, a subway tunnel under construction in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, collapsed, killing 17 people.
March 14March 14 – a shop owner escapes as rioters attack her shop. Rioters set fire to 22 buildings, torched dozens of police cars and private vehicles, and looted banks, schools and shops in Lhasa in a pre-planned outbreak of unrest.
